Crash Record SC0021514334

FMCSA crash record in CHARLESTON on Mar 19, 2021.

Injury Federal Recordable

What happened

On March 19, 2021, FMCSA recorded an injury crash with one person hurt in CHARLESTON, South Carolina. The vehicle was operated by SEC AUTO TRANSPORT INC (USDOT 2291805). Recorded conditions: 1 / 1 / 1 pavement. Reported by SEC AUTO TRANSPORT INC, FMCSA reference SC0021514334.

Carrier pattern note

This is the carrier's 6 crashes in the past 24 months — above the typical pattern (median 0) for fleets of 51–500 power units.

Geographic note

This crash is part of an active corridor: 64 crashes occurred in the same city in the past 24 months.

Fatalities
0
Injuries
1
Vehicles
2
Carrier
SEC AUTO TRANSPORT INC
Vehicle Type
Truck
Severity
Injury

This carrier's crash pattern

Derived from the carrier's full crash history.

Carrier crashes (24 mo)
6
6 injury · 6 tow-away
Crashes per 100 power units (24 mo)
8.8
10 crashes · 113 units
Days since prior carrier crash
29
Last on Feb 18, 2021
Vs fleet-size peers
above the median
Cohort median 0.0 · 26,685 carriers

Geographic context

How this crash sits in its setting.

Within CHARLESTON, South Carolina, 64 other commercial vehicle crashes have been recorded in the past 24 months.

Agencies most active in this area:

Contributing factors

What the responding officer recorded.

Light
1
Weather
1
Road surface
1

Conditions are mixed. The data does not assign causation; this section reports only what was recorded by the responding officer.

Crash details

Key facts from the FMCSA crash record.

Report #:
SC0021514334
Date:
Mar 19, 2021
Time:
1758
City:
CHARLESTON
Fatalities:
0
Injuries:
1
Tow-Away:
Yes
HazMat:
No
Vehicles:
2

Vehicles / units involved

1 commercial motor vehicle(s) in this crash.

# Config Cargo Type VIN Plate Carrier GVW HazMat
1 9 8 1NPXLP9X7KD494182 J6636HY (TN) SEC AUTO TRANSPORT INC 3 No

Crash event

Event sequence description.

1:20:COLLISION INVOLVING OTHER MOVABLE OBJECT

Other crashes by this carrier

10 additional crash record(s) on file.

Record Date State Severity Fatalities Injuries
cr_5118092 Feb 25, 2026 GA Tow-Away 0 0
cr_5108071 Feb 6, 2026 VA Tow-Away 0 0
cr_5079292 Dec 13, 2025 SC Tow-Away 0 0
cr_5058581 Oct 27, 2025 GA Tow-Away 0 0
cr_5115577 Oct 13, 2025 NC Tow-Away 0 0
cr_4993038 May 17, 2025 GA Tow-Away 0 0
cr_4876874 Jan 17, 2025 NC Tow-Away 0 0
cr_4876265 Jan 13, 2025 NC Injury 0 3
cr_4853286 Nov 14, 2024 CT Tow-Away 0 0
cr_4821908 Oct 1, 2024 NC Tow-Away 0 0

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